This metric covers Sustainable Development Goal 5 of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 5 aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. Women and girls around the world struggle to exercise their rights, face discrimination and violence, receive unequal pay for equal work, and are underrepresented in power and decision-making roles. As entrepreneurs and workers, they are economically disadvantaged and face legal barriers. Empowering women strengthens democracy, contributes to innovation, and increases diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace. It is key to attracting talent, thus advancing companies’ growth and competitiveness in the global marketplace. A worldwide increase in gender equality will improve social progress and development.

Go to the Half-Billion Dollars Challenge page of the Global Sourcing Council website. Using the dynamic GSC Half-Billion Challenge Progress Barometer you can view a list of companies that have taken the pledge.

Click on the tab “All Pledges” to see the total financial capacity that has been pledged to the SDGs in the Half-Billion Dollars Challenge.

Click on the tab “By SDG” to view the breakdown of financial capacity that has been pledged to each SDG.

Click on the tab ‘By Organization’ to view the list of organizations that have taken the pledge.

Select the company you are to research from the list. Then, using the drop-down arrow you can determine how much the company in question has pledged to advancing SDG 5.

For further research the Global Sourcing Council suggests reviewing the following additional resources: